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Maranda Manning is Associate at Firebrand Ventures.
Maranda Manning is the Co-founder of the fintech startup Ideem and is based in Kansas City, United States. At Ideem, she helped secure $3.6 million in total seed funding, which includes early capital from Firebrand Ventures. Prior to assuming this executive role, she served as Vice President of People and Operations and Chief of Staff at TripleBlind, and worked as a Principal at Firebrand Ventures. During her tenure at Firebrand, she was involved with the firm's $40 million second fund and previously operated as the first hire at Techstars Kansas City. Additionally, she has served as a guest lecturer at the UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management, complementing her professional background in early-stage venture capital and startup operations that focuses on seed and Series A investments across the fintech, enterprise, and cloud computing sectors.